“Homeopathic practitioners have
creativexpression
to be very perceptive and keenly
observant and they have to know
how to ask a lot of good questions
that elicit the answers that help to
determine the remedy.” Mary North
North’s introduction to
homeopathy occurred sev-
eral years after she found a CERAMIC ARTIST
benign tumor in her breast.
“The surgeon’s comment ‘that
Sarah McCarthy
some women just get tumors’
didn’t suit me,” she advises “In
fact it piqued my interest and
triggered an incredible desire
S
arah McCarthy was drawn to func-
tional ceramics because of its
usefulness in addition to its ability
to know more about how the
to enhance the beauty of a given moment,
body works and how to heal it
whether it is in food presentation or drinking a cup of tea. Mc-
naturally with diet and lifestyle
Carthy states “Although it is challenging, I try to approach my
changes, something that was
creations with a spontaneous, ‘beginner’s mind’ and I love the
affirmed by my general practi-
Mary North
endless possibilities of clay”.
tioner’s nurse who suggested I
Experimentation and the quest for simple, elegant form
stop drinking coffee because I had a fibrocystic condition in
are the forces that inspire McCarthy in her pottery studio.
my breasts. When I did, the cysts disappeared.”
Her pots are wheel-thrown and hand built, then altered with
Homeopathy optimizes health and proves that the best
surface decoration. This past winter she started playing with
remedy integrates mind, body, spirit and nature. Although the
ceramic jewelry, creating pendants and earrings. “I have never
proof of this holistic treatment is self-evident, it is not neces-
been attracted to clay jewelry; however, I have really enjoyed
sary to believe in it to have it work. Says North, “My son got
the design process and have been excited with the results.”
hit on his head and a lump about the size of a ping-pong ball
Sarah lives in Floyd and has a studio and gallery in
popped up immediately. I gave him Arnica and right before
the Jacksonville Center for the Arts, where she is teaching a
our eyes, the lump get smaller. There is nothing placebo
weekend workshop, The Humble Teabowl, on June 5-6. She
about homeopathy. When people try it, they will see it for
loves hiking and gardening, playing with her daughter and
themselves.”
enjoys taking time out to sit on her porch and drink tea.
Galleries exhibiting McCarthy’s work include; The
Mary North practices homeopathy and is a lifetime member
Other Half in Winston Salem, NC, New Morning Gallery in
of the National Center for Homeopathy (NCH.org). For more
Asheville, NC, Lark and Key in Charlotte, NC, Over the Moon
information, phone 540-382-8374 or email Mary North at
Gallery and The Bell Gallery in Floyd. She will be showing lo-
MHnorth@msn.com. See ad, page 5.
cally in Blacksburg, May 2 at the event Fork and Cork.
For more information and a list of upcoming events show
dates, visit SarahMcCarthyPottery.com.
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